Undergraduate Blog / Tag: Freshman Year

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What I Wish I Knew Freshman Year…

This post was written by Peer Career Ambassador Jaclyn Gaines ’16. Coming back to Babson after winter break as a second semester senior has evoked a lot of mixed feelings for me. While I am excited for what is ahead after graduation and beyond, I can’t help but feel a bit melancholy about leaving Babson…

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Support Systems at School

Being away from home for the first time can be very rough at times. One of the hardest things for me has been being away from my family. Leaving a home where there was always support to being on your own is tough. There is almost a sense of loneliness to it. However I have…

The Rhythm of the Babson Spring Semester

The Spring semester at Babson college has a remarkably different rhythm than the Fall semester. The fall semester begins with a burst of energy with all the excitement of kicking off a new academic year. In addition, the fall semester does not have break until deep into the semester at Thanksgiving. So there is a…

What is College all About?

This is a question that can certainly generate many different responses.  At Babson we challenge our new students to wrestle with this very question during the first few weeks of classes as part of our First Year Seminar. One answer may be the following: “An immersion into an intellectual and social environment that raises your…